Chickering Hall (Boston, 1883)

Chickering Hall (est.1883) was a concert auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 19th century. It occupied the second floor of Chickering and Sons showrooms on Tremont Street, near the corner of West Street. "Bradlee, Winslow and Wetherell were the architects, and Mr. E.P. Treadwell, the decorator. The hall [was] lighted by the Edison electric light." By 1895: "Tremont St., towards Boylston, for some years has been called Piano Row, for a long row of piano agencies occupied a good portion of the block; but of late most of these have migrated to Boylston St. Chickering Hall, at 152 Tremont St., was for many years a favorite place for fashionable musicales, and the headquarters of the musical profession."

1880s

 * Matthew Arnold
 * George Washington Cable
 * Hubert von Herkomer
 * Kneisel Quartet

1890s

 * Prof. Carpenter, hypnotist
 * Vladimir de Pachmann
 * James A. Herne's "Margaret Fleming"
 * Thomas Nelson Page
 * F. Hopkinson Smith
 * Edward Alexander MacDowell
 * George Grossmith, comedian